Weird things you never knew

bertie

fretmeister said:

During a cremation there is a point when the meat is perfectly cooked.

is there crackling ? 

sev112

HerbieTheRadDorklift said:

USA 10th President John Tyler, born 1790, has a living grandson

I don’t think I’ve heard that before …

P0wderF1nger

If you took all of the babies born in calendar year on the planet and laid them head to toe around the equator - approximately two thirds of them would drown

viz

EricTheWeary said:

I suspect this is old news to many people but a weird thing I didn't know until today is what happens when you use Google to look up the word askew.
If you don't know the answer it's one to try yourself.   

Other ones: anagram and recursion

EricTheWeary said:

EricTheWeary said:

A few years ago an old friend of mine died and was cremated in Redditch. The excess heat from Redditch crematorium is used to help heat the nearby swimming pool so as well as being perfectly cooked for a brief moment she was also helping some children learn how to swim (possibly).  

Another word to Google ( you have to use actual Google for these things):

recursion 

Oh. Damn. 

EricTheWeary

viz said:

EricTheWeary said:

I suspect this is old news to many people but a weird thing I didn't know until today is what happens when you use Google to look up the word askew.
If you don't know the answer it's one to try yourself.   

Other ones: anagram and recursion

EricTheWeary said:

EricTheWeary said:

A few years ago an old friend of mine died and was cremated in Redditch. The excess heat from Redditch crematorium is used to help heat the nearby swimming pool so as well as being perfectly cooked for a brief moment she was also helping some children learn how to swim (possibly).  

Another word to Google ( you have to use actual Google for these things):

recursion 

Oh. Damn. 

I didn’t know anagram. 

DiscoStu

fretmeister said:

During a cremation there is a point when the meat is perfectly cooked.

Some bodies sit up and can take on a  pugilistic stance - a boxer's pose - during cremation. And the ashes you get afterwards are not the remains, they are the cremains.

DiscoStu

I recently found out that Netflix is older than Google.

ICBM

skullfunkerry said:

If the guns of HMS Belfast were fired from where she’s moored in London, they’d score a direct hit on London Gateway services on the M1.

What are they waiting for?

DiscoStu

Torchwood is actually an anagram of woodtorch.

Kittyfrisk

P0wderF1nger said:

If you took all of the babies born in calendar year on the planet and laid them head to toe around the equator - approximately two thirds of them would drown

And before that one of the little buggers would have wriggled & spoiled the idea.

proggy

The medical term for a chronic fear of giants is 'Fee-fi-phobia'.

Emp_Fab

fretmeister said:

Nah - I'm actually going to medical science.

Transplant what they can - but my Brain and Spine to one of the brain banks for research. So few brains are donated that it is a real problem for research into dementia in particular.

They want healthy and unhealthy brains - all information is good for that cause.

Me too.  I gave my brain to them a few years ago.

Kittyfrisk

Emp_Fab said:

fretmeister said:

Nah - I'm actually going to medical science.

Transplant what they can - but my Brain and Spine to one of the brain banks for research. So few brains are donated that it is a real problem for research into dementia in particular.

They want healthy and unhealthy brains - all information is good for that cause.

Me too.  I gave my brain to them a few years ago.

Must resist...must resist...must resist...

PhilW1

The lions roar on the MGM films is actually a tigers.

Tannin

As for Tarzan's call ... don't even ask. Well, it contains, among other things, the call of a Laughing Kookaburra (found only about 13,000 kilometres from Tarzan's place in Africa), and various other weird stuff I forget. 

PhilW1

The average human has one boob and one bollock…fact

viz

PhilW1 said:

The average human has one boob and one bollock…fact

I must be two humans then. 

boogieman

A sloth only defecates once a week and their poos are enormous. A sloth takes so long to pass a poo that it is very vulnerable while doing it….a third of all sloth deaths are from predators while it’s taking a dump. 

HerbieTheRadDorklift

USA 10th President John Tyler, born 1790, has a living grandson

bertie

boogieman said:

A sloth only defecates once a week and their poos are enormous. A sloth takes so long to pass a poo that it is very vulnerable while doing it….a third of all sloth deaths are from predators while it’s taking a dump. 

Chili D doesnt have that problem.........................